Entertainment

Tommy Sanders (vocals, guitar), Jonny Sanders (synths) and Pete Cattermoul (bass), brought Teleman to Deaf Institute

Manchester’s adopted son and EDM trailblazer Gareth Emery chose the city he now calls home for half of the year (when he’s not sunning it up in LA) for the launch of his new album Drive.

Mancunians will be getting ready for a night of nocturnal partying and festival atmosphere as the city celebrates the best of its culture in the Northern Quarter with the Manchester After Hours event.

Courtesy of The Printworks in Manchester, Our Telly’s Bigger Than Your Telly could be about to join an illustrious list of World Cup songs in aid of charity.

Frank, starring Michael Fassbender and Maggie Gyllenhaal, takes inspiration from Manchester’s Frank Sidebottom as he goes on a journey to music fame with new band member Jon (Domhnall Gleeson).

Talented singer-songwriter Passenger performed an impromptu busking set in Manchester to raise the profile of the Big Issue magazine and its homeless vendors.

Peter Bowker’s latest drama ‘From Here to There’ uses the day the IRA bomb went off just outside the Arndale Centre on June 15 1996 as a backdrop for an emotive comedy-drama.

White Settlers, starring Pollyanna McIntosh and Lee Williams, is a nightmarish story of a couple who escape from city life to live in an isolated Scottish cottage

Khan cruised to an unanimous points victory over Luis Collazo on the Floyd Mayweather v Marcos Maidana undercard, picking up the vacant WBC Silver and WBA International Welterweight titles

Rock of Ages is an 80’s inspired show set on the sunset strip follows a small town girl Sherrie (Cordelia Farnworth), living in a lonely world, who meets a city boy Drew (Noel Sullivan), born and raised in South Detroit – spot the lyrics there.

Famous Greek poet Homer’s The Iliad has been adapted to the stage and will play at Manchester’s Royal Exchange titled The Last Days of Troy– and will star model Lily Cole.